| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12页 |
| ·The Objectives and the Theoretical Base of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Outline of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 The Notion of Missing Links | 第16-25页 |
| ·The Concepts of Discourse, Cohesion and Coherence | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Concept of Discourse | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Concept of Cohesion | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Concept of Coherence | 第18-19页 |
| ·Historical Development of Discourse Analysis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Discourse and Missing Links | 第20-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Missing Links as a Stylistic Feature of News Discourse | 第25-39页 |
| ·News and News Values | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Writing Features of News Discourse | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Writing Features of Headline | 第28-30页 |
| ·Frequent Use of Short Words | 第28-29页 |
| ·Heavy Use of Acronyms | 第29页 |
| ·Preference for Abbreviations | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Grammatical Features of Headline | 第30页 |
| ·The Writing Features of Leads | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Writing Features of News Body | 第31页 |
| ·The Inverted Pyramid Structure | 第31-33页 |
| ·Missing Links in News Discourse | 第33-37页 |
| ·Discourse Structure and Missing Links in News Discourse | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 The Cognitive Base of Missing Links | 第39-48页 |
| ·Cognitive Economy Principle | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Acquisition of Knowledge | 第39-41页 |
| ·Cognitive Economy Principle and Discourse Content Organization | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Informativity Theory | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Three Orders of Informativity | 第44-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Economy Principle, Informativity Theory and Missing Links | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 5 The Interpretation of Missing Links in News Discourse | 第48-57页 |
| ·Missing Links and the Production of News Discourse | 第48-52页 |
| ·The Comprehension of News Discourse | 第52-53页 |
| ·Missing Links in News Discourse Production and Comprehension | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Missing Links in News Discourse | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Findings and Limitations | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第62-63页 |
